A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
Offspring, progeny
An amount by which a quantity is increased.